Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio
township in Scioto County, Ohio
Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 5,214 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Rush Township - north
Clay Township - northeast
Nile Township - southwest
Union Township - northwest
Across the Ohio River lies Kentucky to the south: Greenup County to the southeast, and Lewis County to the southwest.
No municipalities are located in Washington Township, although the census-designated place of West Portsmouth lies in the northern part of the township.
Shawnee State Forest covers much of Washington Township as well as neighboring Nile Township.
Name and history
Named after George Washington, it is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide.
Washington Township was organized in 1814.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio” is township in Scioto County, Ohio. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Washington, Township and Scioto, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “township in Scioto County, Ohio” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7972464. Authority coordinates are 38.753, -83.036. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1814.
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